1 ball
8 players

Practice defense against offense that switches positions.

Offense:
• passes from guard to guard.

Defense, during pass:
• 1 jumps with the ball.
• 2 defends straight up.
• 3 falls back to the middle.
• 4 denies the passing line.

Offense
• After the pass 1 and 3 switch position.

Defense
• Defenders 1 and 3 switch position too.

Teaching points
• 1 stays closest to the ball.
• communicate.

Back in starting position.

Offense 2 passes to 3 and the same sequence repeats.

To show why top defender stays closest to the ball and for practicing the defense against screens.

Variations;
• Offense down screen from guard to center.
• Offense back screen from center to guard.
• As always communicate, if the screen is good the defender of the screener will call for a switch.